Cushion



Sept. 7, 1943. c. w. WOEHLER CUSHION Filed April 16, 1943 INVENTOR.Konrad/V fibeliler P tented Sepsis 1943 foonr'aa w.woemeer rst'niusn.YQQ s Application Aware; 1943, Serial No.. 4 3.3127 1 was...

,thearmed forces in the field.

l This invention relates to a cushion for. useof 1 Generally speaking,the cushion is made in the" form of a horseshoe with an'overall widthof: v approximately 9 inchesij'and a length (from the bottom of thecurveto the tips of. the legs) of about 8 inches. Itis, of "course,understood that these dimensions are only approximate, but they aregiven in order to indicatethat thecushion I is very small.

neck so that the points lie on each side of his neck and; his head willrest on the middle of ,Qthe-cushion, If the user wantsyto sleep on),;his side, his ear can go into the slots Thethird p function of theopeningin the middle is toper5 mit the legs of the -cushion' to bepushed to 1 fgether to reduce the overall width.

One of the essentialflfeaturesof"this cushion is. that it is made withsubstantial thickness adjacent the central opening and tapers downtoward the outer edges. This construction couthis is not practicable.

edge thin. This invention can ing-theinvention. Fig. 2 shows the'cushion (but drawn on a smaller scale) withfthe ends compressedtogether; "Fig, 3 is afsectiongonline helmet lining showingthe cushionin place, and. "Fig. 5.is a view looking into, the helmetalsof showingthe cushion in place.

x The cushion is shown as madeofthree pieces a of cloth. There is atoppiece I0, abottom pi'ece The opening in the horseshoe is approximate I.q 1y 2 inches to3 inches wide; This opening serves [three functions. 3If the user wants to sleep on- Ihis back,,the opening canbe sprungaround his.

pled with the fact that the endstcanbepushed together to narrow the holemakes it possible for this cushion to be insertedin the ordinary Mhelmet lining now employed by our ermy, If fthe cushion is constructedinthe ordinary manher with the thicknessrunning out to the edges,

Advantageously the cushioning is tuftedin f various points andpreferably some of this tuft-- ing is adjacent the outer edge to keep!the outer i be readily understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawing in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a cushion embodypije'ce. l4 which runs across the ends and around the central opening.The use of this third piece 'gives thickness near the" central opening.The

ventionalmannerand an advantageous arrange- ;"Theregular helmet liningas .used by our Army isprovided with aJseries of straps i 6 which holdin places. headband l8 and also carry the to the small size of thecushion and the fact be worked in under the straps without removing Wheninplace, it not on y is out of the way, but

alsomayserve to carry some of the weight or cushion the wearers head ifthe helmet is struck by flying missiles. It will be noted that even whenin place, although the cushion is compressed laterally, it

' wearers head is notinterfered with.

. In view of. the fact that the deviceis light weight and actually is abenefitinstead ofan impediment during fighting and 'is always ready incase of emergency, it ,is of great value to the men in the field. f lWhat I claimis:

field consisting of-a pad of resilient materialof such size that whenthe legs are drawn together in the users helmet to assist' in protectingthe adapted, when removed from-the helmet and for sleeping.

i2,of the same shapeasth e top piece, and 'ag cushion is. filled wlthcompressible material IE which may be hair or a mixture of hair andother types of upholstering material. l The three piecesofmaterial'are'stitched together in con- Iment of tufting is illustratedin Fig -1. r

weight; when the fmetal helmet is worn; Due

that it has .thinouter edges, this cushion can them. To do this, one endis inserted under a strap and then the cushion is rotated until it isall in place with the legs compressed together. p;

jretains aicentral opening asindicated at120 in Fig. 5. This means thatthe ventilation to the l A cushion adapted for use by soldiers inthehorseshoe shape having a maximum thickness, adjacent thepcentral openingand tapering to wards"the outer edges, said cushion. being of suchthinedges permit it to be inserted and worn 1 "headlagainstthe shock offlying missiles, but

returned to normal size, to be used as a pillow CONRAD w. WOEHLER;

